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MY COUNTRY AT A GLANCE

MY COUNTRY AT A GLANCE. PLAN. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION MOUNTAINS, LAKES & RIVERS MINERAL RESOURCES NATIONAL SYMBOLS POPULATION RUSSIAN CHARACTER THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA TEST : “DO YOU KNOW RUSSIA?”. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. IT IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

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MY COUNTRY AT A GLANCE

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  1. MY COUNTRY AT A GLANCE

  2. PLAN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION MOUNTAINS, LAKES & RIVERS MINERAL RESOURCES NATIONAL SYMBOLS POPULATION RUSSIAN CHARACTER THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA TEST : “DO YOU KNOW RUSSIA?”

  3. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IT IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. RUSSIA CONSISTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA. THE COUNTRY IS WASHED BY 12 SEAS AND 3 OCEANS : THE PACIFIC, THEARCTIC AND THE ATLANTIC. ITS TOTAL AREA IS OTHER 17 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETRES. Russia

  4. MOUNTAINS, LAKES & RIVERS MOUNTAINS: THE CAUCASUS, THE URAL, THE ALTAI. THE CAUCASUS LAKES: LAKE BAIKAL, LAKE LADOGA, LAKE ONEGA. RIVERS: THE VOLGA, THE AMUR, THE ENISEI, THE LENA, THE OB. LAKE BAIKAL THE VOLGA

  5. MINERAL RESOURCES RUSSIA IS RICH IN MINERAL RESOURCES. THREE QUARTERS (3/4) OF THE COUNTRY’S MINERALS AND FUELS, INCLUDING OIL, NATURAL GAS, COAL, DIAMONDS AND GOLD, ARE CONCENTRATED IN SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST.

  6. NATIONAL SYMBOLS ONE OF THE RUSSIAN SYMBOLS IS A DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE. IT WAS INTRODUCED BY THE TSAR IVAN III IN 1497 . DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE

  7. NATIONAL SYMBOLS THE NATIONAL FLAG ANOTHER RUSSIAN SYMBOL IS THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL FLAG. IT IS MADE UP OF THREE STRIPES: WHITE, BLUE AND RED. THEY SYMBOLIZE NOBLENESS, HONESTY, COURAGE AND LOVE.

  8. NATIONAL SYMBOLS BESIDES, THERE ARE OTHER RUSSIAN SYMBOLS WELL-KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. TOURISTS USUALLY BUY SUCH TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN SOUVENIRSAS MATRYOSHKA DOLLS, BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED MUGS, PLATES AND SPOONS FROM THE VILLAGE OF KHOKHLOMA AND PALEKH BOXES. MATRYOSHKA DOLLS

  9. POPULATION • POPULATION-145,3 MILLION. • 100 NATIONALITIES. • RUSSIANS-83%.

  10. LANGUAGES 130 LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS. 82%-SPEAK RUSSIAN FLUENTLY. 36%-IRBERIAN-CAUCASIAN LANGUAGES. 25%-TURKIC. 24%-INDO-EUROPEAN. 22%-MONGOL,TUNGUSIC-MANCHU AND PALAEOSIBERIAN. 20%-FINNO-UGRIC.

  11. RUSSIAN CHARACTER • THE RUSSIANS ARE OPEN PEOPLE. • THEY ARE NEITHER RETICENT NOR RESERVED. • RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE CLEVER AND TALENTED. • RUSSIAN PEOPLE ALWAYS LOVE THEIR COUNTRY. • THE HARSH CLIMATE EXPLAINS THE RUSSIANS’ STRENGTH AND THEIR ABILITY TO OVERCOME HARDSHIPS. • CLIMATE HAS ALSO MADE THEM CAUTIOUS. • THEY ARE FRIENDLY, KIND AND VERY HOSPITABLE.

  12. THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA THERE IS A LOT TO SEE IN RUSSIA, BUT FIRST OF ALL, FOREIGN TOURISTS VISIT THE CAPITAL OF COUNTRY, MOSCOW, ITS ECONOMICAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE. THEY DREAM OF VISITING THE RED SQUARE, WHICH IS CALLED THE HEART OF MOSCOW, THE KREMLIN-THERE THEY CAN SEE OLD CATHEDRALS, THE BELL TOWER OF IVAN THE GREAT, THE STATE KREMLIN PALACE, THE TSAR CANNON AND THE TSAR BELL. THE KREMLIN

  13. THE CAPITAL OF RUSSIA THE MOST ATTRACTIVE MONUMENT OF THE RED SQUARE IS ST.BAZIL’S CATHEDRAL. THERE ARE MORE THAN 80 MUSEUMS IN OUR CAPITAL. THE LAGEST MUSEUMS ARE THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, THE STATE TRETYAKOV CALLERY, THE STATE HISTORY MUSEUM THE POLYTECHNICAL MUSEUM. MOSCOW IS FAMOUS FOR ITS THEATRES. THE BEST-KNOWN IS THE BOLSHOI THEATRE.

  14. TEST :DO YOU KNOW RUSSIA? • THE FOUNDER OF ST. PETERSBURG WAS : A) IVAN IV (THE TERRIBLE) B) PETER THE GREAT C) CATHERINE THE GREAT • THE ’’GOLD RING OF RUSSIA’’ UNITES : A) LAKES B) ISLANDS C) THE OLDEST TOWNS AND CATHEDRALS • RUSSIAN SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ARE THE BEST IN : A) BASKETBALL B) FOOTBALL C) FIGURE-SKATING • THE DIAMOND ROOM IS SITUATED IN : A) MOSCOW KREMLIN B) NOVGOROD KREMLIN C) PETERHOF • THE CITY-HOST OF THE 22 OLYMPIC GAMES WAS : A) BARSELONA B) MOSCOW C) ATHENS • FOR BREKFAST RUSSIANS USUALLY HAVE : A) HAMBURGER B) SANDWICH C) CEREAL • INDEPENDENCE DAY IN RUSSIA IS CELEBRATED IN : A) OCTOBER B) NOVEMBER C) JUNE • THE STATE HERMITAGE IS SITUATED IN : A) MOSCOW B) ST. RETERSBURG C) SUZDAL • THE RUSSIAN HEAD OF THE STATE IS : A) TSAR B) PRESIDENT C) PRIME MINISTER • SAKHALIN IS WASHED BY THE : A) PACIFIC OCEAN B) ATLANTIC OCEAN C) ARCTIC OCEAN

  15. THE RUSSIAN COAT OF ARMS HAS : A) TWO- HEADED EAGLE B) TWO CROWNS C) TWO CROSSES • IN 1812 THERE WAS A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND : A) FINLAND B) FRANCE C) GERMANY • THIS CITY CAN BE FOUND ON MODERN MAPS : A) LENINGRAD B) GORKY C) YEKATERINBURG • M.P. MUSORGSKY WAS : A) A SCIENTIST B) A PAINTER C) A COMPOSER • THE LAST RUSSIAN EMPEROR WAS : A) ALEXANDER II B) NICHOLAS I C) NICHOLAS II • THE FIRST COSMONAUT WAS : A) TITOV B) GAGARIN C) LEONOV • THE NEAREST RUSSIAN NEIGHBOUR IN THE FAR EAST IS : A) KOREA B) JAPAN C) MONGOLIA • THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL COSTUME IS THE : A) SKIRT B) COAT C) SARAFAN

  16. THE AUTHORS: • Students of the 8th form • Kuzichkin Dmitry • Milyoshin Anton • Valyaikun Alex • The teacher – Pakhomova Vasilina Gennadjevna • Altay Region, Biysk, secondary school N 1

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